Daddy's Crown

DADDY’S CROWN


We saw him only twice a year
For Christmas and the Fourth
And in between, he’d write us, Dear…
And sign it Truly Yours.

We felt so close and yet so far
So up and yet so down
I was his Little Princess
But Daddy wore no crown.


Oh Daddy wore no crown
No crown did my Daddy wear
His throne was empty as our home
No crown did my Daddy wear.

Oh heavy hangs a daughter’s heart
When her Daddy’s lost his crown.



There was a time not long ago
Our Dad was everywhere.
But then our mother banished him
And he just disappeared.

Gone were his socks and shoes and hats
My brothers tried to wear.
They were little Princes then
But no crown did their Father wear.


Oh Daddy wore no crown
No crown did our Daddy wear.
His throne was empty as our home
No crown did our Daddy wear.

Oh heavy hang the hearts of sons
When their Daddy's lost his crown.



Verse 3
We asked our Mother why he left
And she would not reply.
She said, “Now study for your tests
You’ll see him in July.”

We wished that he would take his place
In her bitter heart again.
We were three forelorn children
Whose Daddy had lost his crown.

“Oh Mother, give him his crown
It’s a crown he alone can wear.
His throne is empty as our home
But he has a crown to wear.”

"Oh children, now there’s a crown
Upon your mother’s head.
And you can wear your crowns too
By holding high your heads.

My little Princess you’re a Queen,
Your Brothers all Kings now.
Healed be the wounded father’s heart
When his children wear their crowns.

Oh children put on your crowns
They’re crowns you alone can wear
I will wear my crown again
If you your crowns will bear.

Healed be the wounds of a banished King,
When his children wear their crowns.